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Hi, I'm Kim Soondong, a plastic surgery specialist and the CEO of SOON  Plastic Surgery

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Today, I'm going to talk about double eyelid surgery

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(The difference in eye structure between Asians and Westerners)

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Most Asians have thicker skin than Westerners

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Also, Asians have slightly protruding eyes than Westerners

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Westerners have sunken eyes

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And Asians have a little more fat

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while Westerners have less fat

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Therefore, Westerners' eyes are sunken and have wrinkles on their eyes

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Another characteristic is the epicanthic fold

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Few Westerners have this fold in front of their eyes

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But Asians have these

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(Is there any other surgical method for epicanthic fold?)

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So if there is an epicanthic fold, during the double eyelid surgery

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The inner line of this double eyelid line is affected by epicanthic fold

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But not all Asians have these, and not all are thick

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In the case of Asians with a lot of epicanthic fold

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Removing this during double eyelid surgery

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It'll be much better in getting

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the design the patient wants

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(What are the types of double eyelid surgery, and how long does it take to recover?)

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The type of double eyelid procedure

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are hugely separated in incisions and suture method

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The incision means

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It's an operation that cuts the entire skin of the eyes

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On the other hand with the suture method, no incision is made

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instead, by making small punctures it's a method where a thread is used to create the double eyelid

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With the incision method, stitches can be removed after a week

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And 2 weeks recovery period will be needed

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With the suture method, the stitches are removed on the 4th day

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And has a quicker recovery period than the incision method

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(From what age is the double eyelid procedure possible?)

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The procedure has nothing to do with the age

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But people usually do it after middle or high school

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For example, If your eyelid pituitary gland is naturally severe

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You're going to have to operate on the age of 4 or 5

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Experience has shown that when you operate at the age of 4 or 5

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there are no problems regarding the shape as an adult

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This means age doesn't matter

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Still, I recommend it after some physical growth

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To have double eyelid surgery

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(Is it possible to proceed the surgery as the patient wants?)

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Double eyelid surgery can be done however you want

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Patients usually bring celebrity photos

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In this case, by seeing the picture we can lay out 

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what kind of lines do the patients want

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We try to perform the surgery to the patient's needs as much as possible

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However, depending on the skin thickness and condition of the patient

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If the person on the picture and the patient are different 

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We procced the surgery with some coordination

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Another thing to mention is, how much excessive skin there is

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If there isn't much extra skin it is hard to create the eyes the patients want

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Usually, when it comes to revision surgery, skin incision is needed

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therefore before the procedure, it is important to check

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if there is enough skin

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(How to look after post-operative scarring?)

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No particular special care is need after the procedure 

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But not rubbing is the basic care

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Alcohol, cigarettes, etc. are not good for scars

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(Is it possible to get a revision surgery for the scarring?)

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Revision surgery is possible for the scars from the double eyelid procedure 

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Revision surgery can improve the scar to some extent

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But you need to have enough skin to remove the scar

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And if there's almost no scar

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but if a patient wants to get the procedure done just improve it, I wouldn't recommend that at all

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Because scar removing procedure itself requires an incision, so scarring in inevitable 

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So the scar on the eyes right now

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It is important to know if improvement is possible

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(Is revision surgery in different methods possible?)

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If the surgery was done in the suture method, it's possible to perform the revision surgery with the incision method

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People think that if the surgery was performed with the incision method, the revision surgery is only available with the same method

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But suture method is also possible

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Even if incision method was used, if you want the line a bit higher

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Or if you want the line to be the same and only change the angle

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It is possible with the suture method

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(Is revision surgery in different methods possible?)

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Today, I talked about the double eyelid surgery

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I hope it was helpful

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Hope to see you next time